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CITY MANAGER' S ABSENCE The City Manager' s absence from the Council Meeting was afithorized in accordance with Charter Section 503 on motion of Councilman Herrln, Seconded by Councilman EvanS;' and unanimously approved. ~ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Councilman Evans referred to VIOLENCE AT SANTA ANA BOWL an article in The Register : the previous Sunday ~ntitled "Young Toughs Giving Bowl Bad Name". He stated that several people have told him about one boy who had ended up with a skull fracture and other injuries, .and that there was insufficient police protection at the Santa Aha Bowlrin connection · with athletic events~ that he would like a complete report by the staff as to circumstances surrounding various incidents that have taken place at the bowl; that the incidents make the city look Bad; that the police are not given the proper direction or they are not putting enough policemen at the~ area; and that if something is not done about it, all athletic events will have to be held during the daytime. Councilman Yamamoto suggested that parents should be interested enough in the problem to do something about it and that the city cannot afford additional policemen in that area; ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Councilman villa referred to BUILDING CODES the public hearing to be held , . that evening on Agenda Item 72 concerning the adoption of an ordinance regarding dangerOUs buildings and pointed out that which states Beverly Hills has an ordinance made up of one sentence only in effect that no building shall be neglected or allowed to deteriorate to the detriment or the downgrading of the value of surround- ing property. The City Attorney responded that he would hesitate to recommend the adoption of such a brief ordinance in that it gives too much discretion to whomever is r'esponsible for enforcement of the ordinance; that the ordinance before the Council for adoption consists of twenty-four pages which give specific definitions and excludes discretion by,the enfo'rcement agency; that vague ambiguities do not stand up against constitutional attack; that the City Manager had instructed one of his staff to review ordinances of other cities for purposes of finding one which could be recommended for adoption. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Councilman Herrin stated ARTICLE RE TAXATION that he had requested the Clerk to distribute to Council copies of an article entitled "The Power to Tax is the Power to Destroy" written by E. F. W. Wildermuth, a member of the New York Bar and asked that Council read and discuss it with him at their convenience. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 447 DECEMBER 4, 1972